Greek Food Gazette 11/05/2013
I’m cooking a Mastiha/Chios themed dinner in New York City on June 1st, grab your seats now Toronto International Film Festival to focus on Athens in 2013 City to City program Check out Kipos, a traditional Greek taverna in North Carolina Here’s a list of 51 recipes and ways you can use Greek yogurt […]
Giannotiko Style Baklava
My apologies for not posting at my usual pace but it continues to be busy around here: just submitted the manuscript for my first cookbook (in stores November), now I have to work on the photographs, I am busy organizing my Greek Supper Clubs, Greek Easter just past and here we are. Time flies. The […]
Greek Food Gazette 03/05/2013
Messinia in the culinary spotlight at upcoming fundraiser dinner in Toronto Greek short film called Rainy Days looking for help through crowdsourcing Join me on Saturday, May 25th for cooking class called, One Night in Athens Mediterranean is getting mainstream – May is officially Mediterranean Diet month Here are 15 clever ways you can use […]
Greek Food Gazette 26/04/2013
I am now accepting orders (Toronto only) for Easter Tsoureki (as in photo above), $10 per loaf, order by April 30 at truenorth67 AT gmail.com New Guinness world record for longest/largest Tsoureki in the world A feel good video with a behind the scenes look at Greece’s National Guard (Evzones) GAEA takes silver at New […]
Lisa Marie’s
Last week I dropped by Lisa Marie’s long awaited restaurant. After thousands of sandwiches, pop-ups, a food truck a TV show…now his own restaurant serving up Chiccetti…Italian-inspired small plates. Click the slide show below…you’ll be going to Lisa Marie’s soon!
Octopus Stifado
It’s been very busy around here and in case you missed the memo, I am currently working on the manuscript for my very first cookbook! The excitement of having a cookbook with my recipes and my name on it quickly wore off after I realized that there’s a lot of work involved! Here are the […]
Greek Food Gazette 19/04/2013
Gaea food products, chef Cat Cora & the Greek America Foundation have launched a campaign to support Greek agro-entrepreneurialism Wine Masters will visit Greek wineries on the occasion of the body’s 60th Anniversary Join me on May 25th for a cooking class titled “One Night in Athens” where I guide you in preparing a gourmet […]
Greek Lenten Dinner, Recap
Last night’s Greek Supper Club took us back to the warm and cozy cooking studio at Aprhodite Cooks where my guests enjoyed fine Greek wine with a Lent-friendly menu created by yours truly. The challenge with this menu was to create dishes that were exciting to the eye, Lent-friendly in nature and of course, delicious! […]
Greek Food Gazette 13/04/2013
Greek Farmed fish industry bucks trend, merges and continues to increase world market share A propose itinerary for sailing through the Aegean Islands Dodoni’s sales up 26% from last year and it’s slated for an award A profile of the wine growing region of Santorini Ikaria, an island that moves at its own pace […]
Strapetsatha With Poached Eggs
One of my favourite Greek dishes contains ripe, sweet tomatoes, Feta cheese, extra-virgin olive oil, eggs. I’m speaking of course of Strapetsatha, an oft-made dish by Greeks be for breakfast or for dinner (yes, Greeks love egg dishes for dinner). Strapetsatha is traditionally made by scrambling the egg and tomato mixture and there are the […]